12-12-2024 KHARTOUM: Approximately 227 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said. The 20-month-old war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been turning increasingly bloody as ceasefire efforts have stalled, …
Read More »Indian shares muted ahead of domestic, US inflation data
12-12-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian shares were little changed on Wednesday, as investors awaited key U.S and domestic inflation data for cues into the rate trajectories of the two countries. The NSE Nifty 50, opens new tab added 0.13% to 24,641.8, while the BSE Sensex, opens new tab rose …
Read More »Syrian rebels burn tomb of Bashar al-Assad’s father
12-12-2024 DAMASCUS: Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family’s hometown. Videos verified by media showed armed men chanting as they walked around the burning mausoleum in Qardaha, in the north-west of the coastal Latakia region. The rebels …
Read More »Australia PM condemns arson incident and anti-Israel graffiti
12-12-2024 CANBERRA: Australian police have launched an investigation after a car was set alight and houses were vandalized with anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney. The incident has been condemned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as a “hate crime”. He told ABC News: “There’s no place for antisemitism in this country, or …
Read More »Netanyahu rejects ‘absurd’ charges at corruption trial
12-12-2024 JERUSALEM: This was a remarkable day for Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu holds the record as its longest-serving prime minister. Now he has become the country’s first serving leader to take to the witness stand as a defendant in a criminal case. Moreover, he did so amid ongoing war in Gaza …
Read More »Police arrest 40 people involved in Parbhani violence, ‘Internet services suspended’, Section 163 of the BNSS imposed in the city
Parbhani, December 11 (PMI) Police have arrested 40 people under Section 163 of the BNSS for the violence that took place in Parbhani. Today, an unruly mob entered the collector’s office and vandalized it, the video of which is going viral on social media. Parbhani Collector Raghunath Gawde said that …
Read More »Kavitha expresses concern at food poisoning incident in Kasturba school
Hyderabad, Dec.11 (Mirza Mehdi Ali-PMI): BRS Party MLC Kavitha today said that the news that six students of Kasturba Girls’ School in Sarangapur of Jagtial district had fallen ill was a matter of concern. “Every day, as students are hospitalised due to food poisoning at some place in the state, …
Read More »Telangana transforming into global hub for innovations: Sridhar Babu
Hyderabad, Dec.11 (PMI): Minister for IT and Industries Duddilla Sridhar Babu has informed that Telangana is transforming into a global hub for innovations and a leading center for advanced technologies. By attracting major investments in sectors such as artificial intelligence, life sciences, and technology, Telangana has already positioned itself …
Read More »CM Revanth Reddy never participated in Telangana movement: Harish Rao
Sangareddy, Dec.11 (PMI): Former minister Harish Rao today said that the invocation of the term Telangana by chief minister Revanth Reddy was like embarking upon pilgrimage by ghosts .He claimed that Revanth Reddy never said ‘Jai Telangana’ on any day in his political history. Harish Rao made it clear that …
Read More »Ghana Electoral Commission declares Mahama as new President
11-12-2024 ACCRA: Ghana’s electoral commission on Monday declared ex-president and main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama winner of Saturday’s presidential election with 56.55% of the vote, according to provisional results. Mahama’s main rival, vice president and ruling-party presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia, already conceded defeat on Sunday in both presidential and …
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